Take 5

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A mini interview to make you think and let us know how you think B)

I hope you'll enjoy answering at least 5 of my questions, it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes
Just take your pick... and if you're up for it answer them all!
If you want, you can add reasons for your answers.


1) Which song comes close to summing up your life so far ?
2) What would you call your boat (if you had one)
3) Which fictional character would you like to meet ?
4) What Super-Power would you like to have ?
5) Do you like to sing in the shower/bath ?
6) What is your biggest fear or phobia ?
7) Do you have a favourite Board Game ?
8) What was the best toy you had as a kid ?
9) Do you have a piece of clothing that you can't throw away ?
10) What would you like to change in the Music industry ?
11) Are you a Cat or a Dog person ?
12) Are you a Morning or Night person ?
13) What is the most unusual Fancy Dress you ever wore ?
14) What do people say they'd like to change about you ?
15) Which musician would you most like to Jam with today ?
16) What flavour ice cream or type of cake do you enjoy most ?
17) Who was your biggest inspiration growing up ?
18) How would you describe your music "Sound" and "Style"
19) Where in the World would you still like to visit ?
20) Best Movie, Best Book, Best Food (a three in one question)

Extra question :-

Who would make a good interviewee here at wikiloops.com ?

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MrSnuts for sure ;) . Actually probably Shamika :W

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Aha, TeeGee, I can always rely on you. You did the lot, some funny, some serious, some clueless :o So thanks. I might try and answer my own questions here first to see how easy this is :)

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Just 5 for me. :)

1) Which song comes close to summing up your life so far ?
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2) What would you call your boat (if you had one)
It's called Bluegrass though I didn't name it and don't particularly like bluegrass.

6) What is your biggest fear or phobia ?
What will become of my youngest son when I die. I'm his carer.

7) Do you have a favourite Board Game ?
Backgammon

12) Are you a Morning or Night person ?
I was a night person until I hit 55-ish but now I'm old I'm a morning person... earlier and earlier I'm at 6am now.

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I managed 5... it is hard when you have so many different answers and you can't decide !
but

1) "I've always been crazy" Waylon Jennings... or "Let me be myself" by 3 Doors Down" Oops, sorry I chose 2.

3) I think I could have a good conversation with Lisa Simpson, she seems to make the most sense, and she's a musician

6) I have a constant fear or phobia about getting a fear or phobia :)

18) My sound/style is eclectic but also a mix of hysterical and sensual bordering on depressing ;)

19) I don't enjoy traveling so I'd like to be teleported to Japan, I like their simplicity, music and tea

And the extra question - I agree that Mr Snuts might be a good interviewee, but is he too busy or shy? I think rootshell or zedders might have a lot to say ... and I'd like to ask shi what else she has on her trolley today :) Let's see who else does this part first

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1) Which song comes close to summing up your life so far ? No idea
2) What would you call your boat (if you had one) USS Enterprise
3) Which fictional character would you like to meet ? Obelix
4) What Super-Power would you like to have ? I share TeeGee´s answer to this question
5) Do you like to sing in the shower/bath ? No
6) What is your biggest fear or phobia ? Breaking all legs and arms so the nurse has to clean me up.
7) Do you have a favourite Board Game ? No
8) What was the best toy you had as a kid ? Bicycle, Slotcar, Playmobil
9) Do you have a piece of clothing that you can't throw away ? First Metal shirt from when I was 15
10) What would you like to change in the Music industry ? I´d install me as police chief for good taste
11) Are you a Cat or a Dog person ? Cat
12) Are you a Morning or Night person ? Night
13) What is the most unusual Fancy Dress you ever wore ? My stage dress in a funk/ disco band
14) What do people say they'd like to change about you ? Need more sedateness
15) Which musician would you most like to Jam with today ? Al McKay, Bruce Conte or some dozen others
16) What flavour ice cream or type of cake do you enjoy most ? Lemon sorbet
17) Who was you biggest inspiration growing up ? No idea
18) How would you describe your music "Sound" and "Style" No idea
19) Where in the World would you still like to visit ? Nowadays I´m attracted by quiet places in nature
20) Best Movie, Best Book, Best Food (a three in one question) Slapshot, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Mom´s food ;)

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Some interesting answers there Ongingo. I'd like to see your Funk/Disco stage dress :)
Hey, you can't police good taste in music in England because I'm already The Minister of Music :;)

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I still got that funny piece of cloth. Everyone in the band was wearing the same, only the singers dressed different/ not uniformly. I might take a photo later. It was combined with a gigantic afro wig. I believe wearing this wig today would cause trouble because of cultural appropriation...

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Actually reading what you answered, my second biggest fear is when I get old that I will be a vegetable and totally dependent on people :O :O

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C'mon guys, lighten it up, we don't want everyone crying here :) I was thinking your fear might be spiders or small spaces or going bald.... not losing bodily functions ;):@:(

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Well... Here it is :o:

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Ongingo attached the following image:

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Hopefully you won't know or care. I remember when my dad had dementia he had no idea that he'd told me the same thing 20x in one day. His was as clever as ever otherwise. He went through a spell of changing TV channels every 30 seconds because he thought what he was watching was boring, but the reality was he just couldn't remember what had happened up to that point. He lived very happily on his own like this on auto-pilot for many years. If you'd ask him where the toaster was he'd say he didn't have one but if he wanted toast he cheerfully went straight to it and popped the bread in. Earlier we stopped him driving when we found he had to stick a post-it note on his steering wheel to remind him where he was going (which was always to the same nearby supermarket to shop for food he already had). And he chilled right out from the distant father he'd always been. All in all it wasn't a bad way to fade out because as far as he was concerned he'd just got a bit forgetful.

I know it goes badly for many, but not everyone. :)

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1) Which song comes close to summing up your life so far ?
Into The Lungs Of Hell
2) What would you call your boat (if you had one)
Given my affinity with all things marine, probably ‘Noah’s Carkass’
3) Which fictional character would you like to meet ?
The ‘they’ of every conspiracy theory ever
4) What Super-Power would you like to have ?
Flight
5) Do you like to sing in the shower/bath ?
God no.
6) What is your biggest fear or phobia ?
Dying slowly and painfully. Or spiders.
7) Do you have a favourite Board Game ?
Not really but my daughter hates the fact I thrash her at Cluedo every time.
8) What was the best toy you had as a kid ?
Technical Lego (the old school sort from the 80s)
9) Do you have a piece of clothing that you can't throw away ?
My skin
10) What would you like to change in the Music industry ?
Opinions. Just because you don’t like the music or the style doesn’t mean it’s crap. I can’t stand Kings Of Leon for example, but I can still admire their skill. That and the fact that the world is happy to pay a plumber €500 for a simple task but won’t entertain paying a musician properly.
11) Are you a Cat or a Dog person ?
Was very much cat but my partner has two Shi-tzus and they’re lovely. So I’m on the fence now.
12) Are you a Morning or Night person ?
Night.
13) What is the most unusual Fancy Dress you ever wore ?
You haven’t seen my daily dress sense.
14) What do people say they'd like to change about you ?
This is supposed to take five minutes. No chance I can answer that.
15) Which musician would you most like to Jam with today ?
Dave Gilmour.
16) What flavour ice cream or type of cake do you enjoy most ?
Black Forest Gateau (showing my age here)
17) Who was you biggest inspiration growing up ?
See 14)
18) How would you describe your music "Sound" and "Style"
“Magpie”. I steal licks and ideas from anyone I like the sound of. I’d like to think that my playing is, I guess, tasteful - I always strive to belong to the song.
19) Where in the World would you still like to visit ?
Everest base camp.
20) Best Movie, Best Book, Best Food (a three in one question)
Airplane, Knowledge of Angels by Jill Patten Walsh, Spag Bol
Extra question :-

Who would make a good interviewee here at wikiloops.com ?
I have a long list of players on here I admire greatly so won’t pick out a single person.

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All these answers are so good, funny, arty, cheeky, nostalgic, evasive, scary! Well done everyone, more please :)

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1) Which song comes close to summing up your life so far ?
Hmm...never really thought about that one, not sure I could pick one :)
2) What would you call your boat (if you had one)
"High" Tide
3) Which fictional character would you like to meet ?
Probably Winnie the Pooh, maybe take a nice walk through 100 Acre Woods.
4) What Super-Power would you like to have ?
Time Travel
5) Do you like to sing in the shower/bath ?
I wouldn't say I like to, have I done it? Maybe a few times, it's not really my thing :)
6) What is your biggest fear or phobia ?
Probably being at fault or unable to do something in a life/death moment. Like if someone was dangling and I had them via their arm, could I hang on and pull them up before my arm gave out...stuff like that :o
7) Do you have a favourite Board Game ?
Probably played Monopoly many times, although I probably enjoyed playing Boggle more.
8) What was the best toy you had as a kid ?
I had a full upright arcade version of Asteroids, loved playing it.
9) Do you have a piece of clothing that you can't throw away ?
Old gig shirt, a red Guess t-shirt, purchased at Hot Topic. Always love that shirt <3
10) What would you like to change in the Music industry ?
That the artists make all the money and the industry goes away.
11) Are you a Cat or a Dog person ?
Dog...have 2 dogs.
12) Are you a Morning or Night person ?
I can be both.
13) What is the most unusual Fancy Dress you ever wore ?
Not sure I've ever been unusually fancy dressed at any point haha.
14) What do people say they'd like to change about you ?
The mirror question huh? :D Probably if I paid attention more, I tend to ask someone something, then sorta forget what they said, and ask it again :)
15) Which musician would you most like to Jam with today ?
My dad told me that his Uncle Marvin (whom I never met or knew) could play all the instruments...would love to jam with him and have known him.
16) What flavour ice cream or type of cake do you enjoy most ?
No cake, mom baked cakes all my life, totally burnt out on cake. Yes, ice cream please, pistachio.
17) Who was you biggest inspiration growing up ?
My mom, she was in the Army and just a smart person. I would battle her when the new Readers Digest would come out, they had a section "Enrich your Word Power", and she would always win, but it made me want to learn and beat her :)
18) How would you describe your music "Sound" and "Style"
I really don't know.
19) Where in the World would you still like to visit ?
Probably Italy or Spain. I think my surname has ties back to Spain.
20) Best Movie, Best Book, Best Food (a three in one question)
Crossroads/Battleship/Whiplash
The Alchemist
Street Tacos or Italian

Who would make a good interviewee here at wikiloops.com ?
Probably anyone, I always enjoy learning about people.

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Hmm.. It might be one I wrote myself: "Impossible Dreams" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvqX3kMDubg)



Ship happens



Dr. Who



Play any score on any instrument at the highest level possible at first sight.



No, although on occasion I have tested the room's resonance by humming a very low tone.



das Musikalisches Würfelspiel



Intel 8086 Computer



The underpants I wore when... nah, just kidding.



Make it less about short-term monetary gain.
Same goes for all industries really.



Cat (but I have both)



Night (although it's shifting as I get older)



I have no doubts they know a lot of stuff but they never told me.



Chocolate



All over the place.



I'd rather not contribute to making the climate derail even further.



Best movie: impossible to choose; "The broken circle breakdown" is one of many that left a lasting impression.
Best book: "Goedel, Escher, Bach"
Best Food: so many to choose from... at this very moment, maybe oven roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and applesauce?



The founder of the place and any of the active members.

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shiihs I like the thought you gave to my questions, thank you. On the travel/climate question, you can always teleport/time travel yourself somewhere like me and Dr Who :)

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I'll play
1) Which song comes close to summing up your life so far ? Nowhere Man - Beatles
2) What would you call your boat (if you had one) - The Dick Whitaker, or The Bear Harbor
3) Which fictional character would you like to meet ? Claire from Outlander
4) What Super-Power would you like to have ? Immortality fer sure
5) Do you like to sing in the shower/bath ? I used to but I am too old for that
6) What is your biggest fear or phobia ? Self-inflicted pain, nothing makes me cringe quite like someone having to saw off their own foot or w/e in a movie
7) Do you have a favourite Board Game ? No, board games require 2+ people and I am a loner
8) What was the best toy you had as a kid ? Discounting game systems/computers... probably a set of small rubbery dinosaurs. I liked to set them up like they were playing NFL football games and run plays,
9) Do you have a piece of clothing that you can't throw away ? My six hockey jerseys that I never wear.
10) What would you like to change in the Music industry ? Not qualified to answer
11) Are you a Cat or a Dog person ? Both, I have 2+1 currently
12) Are you a Morning or Night person ? Night, my current schedule is to sleep from ~8AM - 2PM
13) What is the most unusual Fancy Dress you ever wore ? I felt weird on the few occasions that I was forced to wear anything fancier than tshirt n jeans
14) What do people say they'd like to change about you ? No one would say anything of the sort to me, but if they did, probably that I should be more friendly and outgoing
15) Which musician would you most like to Jam with today ? Chuck Schuldiner but he is dead
16) What flavour ice cream or type of cake do you enjoy most ? I don't eat ice cream or cake
17) Who was you biggest inspiration growing up ? Probably Kurt Cobain which is pretty *^&$%*(#$ bad in retrospect :D
18) How would you describe your music "Sound" and "Style" - Abrasive, Angular
19) Where in the World would you still like to visit ? The molten core
20) Best Movie, Best Book, Best Food (a three in one question) - The Walking Dead or I, Zombie (yes tv shows, not movies), Outlander/Pillars of the Earth/Camulod Chronicles/Wheel of Time/anything Stephen King, Pizza

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I recently watched the first ~20 seasons of Dr Who, previously knowing nothing about it beyond the basic idea of the TARDIS, and I must say I legitimately feel like a better person now

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Byrath, Thanks. I found your responses interesting and maybe a little weird and depressing but actually I could identify with a few as I'm a loner type :) But "Molten core" ? a little too hot for comfort unless you have a death wish. I've never been a Dr Who fan... until he became a she :)

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